I’ve carried SpyCo and Benchmade knives as EDC knives for years, including as a fabricator/welder. The shop, jobsites, everything I do, all day, every day and I’ve never lost one.

Heck I think I’ve had the Matriarch I’m carrying for nearly, if not over, half a decade.

I just can’t stand cheap knives. All the cheap knives I’ve had have lock or joint problems within a month, vs 5+ or even 10+ years in some cases on my nicer blades. I’m of the opinion that, generally speaking, just like days of yore a blade should usually last a lifetime provided that you use it correctly and take care of it.

If you have problems with the clip it’s nearly always the screws coming loose over time. Lock Tite fixes that immediately.

The screw were tight, it wasn’t that. And Spyderco had something like blue loc-tight on the threads from the factory.

The constant in-n-out of the pocket slowly bent the stainless clip away from the knife body.

Because of the threadlocker, getting the tiny Phillips heads out requires some effort, it’s easy to strip the head (like I did), and then you’re stuck with using a thin Dremel cut-off disk to convert it into a straight-head so you can back them out.

Once the clip is off, just clamp the part with the screw holes in a vise and bend it back to tighten the the clipping ‘force’.

It’s overall kinda a PITA. It’s worth it though, since Spyderco make some nice blades…